1 .

A．March 31st.

B．April 4th.

C．April 2nd.

D．April 1st.

2 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

As the New Year begins, many people across the globe celebrate the calendar change with a sweet cake     1    （know）as the “king cake”. It is indeed a tradition to eat pies and cakes     2     (contain) little “prizes.”